A complete one this time, eh?

And with some tipper trucks as a bonus!

Blue track, 4.5V. A great era. I don't have the engine but I do have the tipper trucks! (and 123-1 plus 124-1 from the same year)

Kid looks apprehensive about whatever's coming out of that tipper, but we don't have a good angle to see what it is.

@PurpleDave said:
"Kid looks apprehensive about whatever's coming out of that tipper, but we don't have a good angle to see what it is."

What’s in the blocks? What’s in the blocks, what’s in the blooooocks!

The ultimate set for any completionist!
(but the Nemesis of every incompletionist...)

So if you have this set you'll never need any train set ever again? Nice!

Those white tipper trays are nice too. I doubt they will be after yellowing though.

Based on the blue rails, the magnets, the white tipper, and wheels, I might've found parts of this set mixed in a large and varied used lot: it was a 2-generation lot, I think: a large volume of LEGO from the 70s-80s (Homemaker, the train stuff, early Classic Space, 1984 castle)--and then nothing till about 2000, except for the remnants of a Futuron Monorail.

It was a good lot. Unlike some of the newer sets, I don't see this one getting reconstituted in any form: I gave away the magnets and blue rails (and some were broken) to a more trains-oriented brother as part of his stake in the lot, and pre-fig sets isn't really my thing. But those two white tipper parts are still there, looking at me to be used.

@MCLegoboy said:
"LEGO: It's a complete train!
Me: Then where's the caboose?!"

A loose caboose!

When 180 was VSotW, I commented, regarding the fact that nine Trains sets were released that year, "If only train fans could eat so well today." I had no idea... Although none of the Trains sets released in 1972 were accessory packs; every one of them had at least one car. A good number of the 1969 Trains sets were accessory packs, but there were still nine sets that had cars and/or an engine, as well as 158 Railroad Crossing Gate.

These days it would get dinged for part inflation, with groups of three 1x2 plates where nowadays you'd use a 1x6. Of course 1x6 plates didn't exist at the time, nor even 1x4 plates.

@ToysFromTheAttic said:
" @MCLegoboy said:
"LEGO: It's a complete train!
Me: Then where's the caboose?!"

A loose caboose!"

Vamoosed caboose.

@SDlgo9:
So that’s why the 1x2 plate is the most commonly used part in LEGO sets. The designers still aren’t used to all these new-tangled POOP parts!